US passengers depart the stricken MV Hondius to quarantine in Nebraska
May 10, 2026, 5:03 p.m. ET

A US passenger evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is pictured aboard a military bus after being transferred by boat to the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Repatriation flights for the nearly 150 passengers onboard the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak got underway as passengers and some crew members were transferred to shore on smaller vessels then by bus to the airport and then flown home after weeks at sea.
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US passengers from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius are transferred by boat to the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Repatriation flights for the nearly 150 passengers onboard the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak got underway as passengers and some crew members were transferred to shore on smaller vessels then by bus to the airport and then flown home after weeks at sea.
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US passengers from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius are transferred by boat to the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Repatriation flights for the nearly 150 passengers onboard the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak got underway as passengers and some crew members were transferred to shore on smaller vessels then by bus to the airport and then flown home after weeks at sea.
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US passengers from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius disembark at the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Repatriation flights for the nearly 150 passengers onboard the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak got underway as passengers and some crew members were transferred to shore on smaller vessels then by bus to the airport and then flown home after weeks at sea.
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US passengers from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius disembark at the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Repatriation flights for the nearly 150 passengers onboard the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak got underway as passengers and some crew members were transferred to shore on smaller vessels then by bus to the airport and then flown home after weeks at sea.
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US passengers from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius disembark at the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Repatriation flights for the nearly 150 passengers onboard the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak got underway as passengers and some crew members were transferred to shore on smaller vessels then by bus to the airport and then flown home after weeks at sea.
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A plane bound for the US is pictured landed at Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. More than 90 of nearly 150 people on a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will have been evacuated by repatriation flights from the Canary Islands by the end of Sunday, Spanish authorities said.
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US passengers evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius are pictured aboard a military bus after being transferred by boat to the industrial port of Granadilla de Abona on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. Repatriation flights for the nearly 150 passengers onboard the ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak got underway as passengers and some crew members were transferred to shore on smaller vessels then by bus to the airport and then flown home after weeks at sea.
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Persons wearing hazmat suits are pictured as passengers board a plane bound for US carrying passengers evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. More than 90 of nearly 150 people on a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have been evacuated by repatriation flights from the Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said.
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Persons wearing hazmat suits are pictured as passengers board a plane bound for US carrying passengers evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. More than 90 of nearly 150 people on a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have been evacuated by repatriation flights from the Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said.
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Persons wearing hazmat suits are pictured as passengers board a plane bound for US carrying passengers evacuated from the Dutch flagged hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius at the Tenerife Sur-Reina Sofia airport on the island of Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands on May 10, 2026. More than 90 of nearly 150 people on a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak have been evacuated by repatriation flights from the Canary Islands, Spanish authorities said.
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